Interview in India = Good or Bad?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Harvard University
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<p>I am a South African who got an interview, and can share what I know (Sure it is applicable in India too?)</p>

<p>If you got an interview they need more info. If you didn’t, there are 2 options. </p>

<p>1) You are not good enough and are rejected.
2) You are good enough and accepted.</p>

<p>An interview is for people who are possibly good enough to be accepted, but they need more info about (to get them off the fence) or in my case (I think) because they had some specific questions about my life, and what I submitted in my application.</p>

<p>So, yes, if you got an interview it is a good sign; you have not been rejected yet, but if you didn’t you may already have been accepted. Overall, I would guess that people who get interviewed are <em>slightly</em> more likely to get in. Perhaps though that is my hopeful assumption.</p>

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<p>Mine too hahahaha</p>

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<p>If the applicants were good enough to be accepted, wouldn’t Harvard still want to interview them to confirm their strong applications and to further provide information about the university through an interview?</p>

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<p>That is possible, but there is the question of limited interviewers time. Harvard assumes that for most applicants it is the first choice, so can focus on giving them info after acceptance. Thus, they may not interview them because the interviewer has no time. For example, my interviewer (who was in the US on the app commitee) interviewed me at 9 am her time and said that she had 7-8 more interviews that day. All about 1 hour. They are busy people, so if you are accepted already, they may not interview you.</p>